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‘Sudden oak death’ has killed a million trees in California, unlikely to be stopped
washingtonpost.com

Australia’s ‘Carpageddon’ to unleash herpes on invasive killer
phys.org

Lab-grown meat is in your future, and it may be healthier than the real stuff
washingtonpost.com

UAE to build artificial mountain to improve rainfall
abudhabi2.com

Interactive Garden of Earthly Delights (audio, slightly NSFW)
tuinderlusten-jheronimusbosch.ntr.nl

How cost-benefit analysis might save America’s criminal-justice system
economist.com

Dead could be brought ‘back to life’ in groundbreaking project
telegraph.co.uk

Scientists discover potentially habitable planets
news.mit.edu

After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight
nytimes.com

Scientists have discovered a radical new way to treat our most traumatic memories.
newrepublic.com

Prions (proteins best known for causing mad cow disease) may be mechanism of plant memory.
newscientist.com

A large genetic study has identified genes associated with feelings of well-being, depression, and neuroticism
medicalnewstoday.com

The Geographical Oddity of Null Island
blogs.loc.gov

360 View video of SpaceX first stage landing on droneship (click and drag to look around)
youtube.com

A Positive Life: How a Son Survived Being Injected with HIV by His Father
gq.com

This is how it feels to learn your memories are fiction
bbc.com

Ancient Roman coins unearthed by Spanish construction workers
abc.net.au

Mile-long “Band of Holes” in Peru may be remains of Inca tax system
arstechnica.co.uk

Studies on “mansplaining,” the “manologue,” and other gender-based conversation tendencies.
daily.jstor.org

Re-examining Monica, Marcia, Tonya and Anita, the ‘scandalous’ women of the ’90s
fusion.net

Ride Along With the Cow Police
oxfordamerican.org

A natural wonder lost to a volcano has been rediscovered
bbc.com

Huge [new] subglacial lake discovered underneath Antarctica’s ice
mnn.com

SpaceX plans to send a spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018
theverge.com

No Brain? No Problem! Slime Mold Can Learn
news.discovery.com

Persian Philosophers Text Describes A Supernova In 1006 AD
sciencenewsjournal.com

New imaging technique brings Mars into focus
cosmosmagazine.com

Study: 1 Minute of All-Out Exercise May Have Benefits of 45 Minutes of Moderate Exertion
well.blogs.nytimes.com

Study: Half of Western European men descended from one Bronze Age ‘king’
telegraph.co.uk

Super high-resolution photos of tiny insects
kottke.org

The Man in the Steel Cylinder
passingstrangeness.wordpress.com

The Curtain takes centre stage as excavation of Shakespearean theatre begins
pasthorizonspr.com

Hubble Discovers Moon Orbiting the Dwarf Planet Makemake
nasa.gov

Chernobyl’s legacy 30 years on.
bbc.com

This Ancient Sauna Is Changing How We Think Britain’s Neolithic Henges Were Used
digventures.com

Hillsborough disaster: deadly mistakes and lies that lasted decades
theguardian.com

Study: Even infants can be bribed into ‘doing business’ with perceived wrongdoers.
washingtonpost.com

What Killed the Bear Lady?
outsideonline.com

Study: Half Your Brain Stands Guard When Sleeping In A New Place
npr.org

New Tool To Revolutionize Planet Hunting
cosmosup.com

Meet ‘Bike Batman’: Seattle’s vigilante reuniting stolen bikes with their owners
theguardian.com

Discovery of 4,500-year-old female mummy sheds light on ancient Peru
theguardian.com

First gene therapy successful against human aging
neuroscientistnews.com

On the communal hot tubs of Iceland
nytimes.com

Dolphin calfs imprint on their mother’s signature whistle to find one another in open ocean.
bbc.com

In the Footsteps of a Killer
lamag.com

Huge coral reef discovered at Amazon river mouth
theguardian.com

Photographer’s eyes opened on epic road trip along Canada-U.S. border
cbc.ca

Aphantasia: How It Feels To Be Blind In Your Mind
facebook.com

A manned solar airplane is on the longest leg of its around-the-world journey.
phys.org

Study: Cities have their own special blend of fungi and bacteria; a bacterial signature.
thestar.com

The Battle Over the Sea-Monkey Fortune
nytimes.com

Boaty McBoatface and the False Promise of Democracy
theatlantic.com

With “dark tourism” on the rise, Huntsville’s prison museum is thriving
texasobserver.org

Venus Express unveils surprising polar atmosphere
cosmosmagazine.com

Photo gallery: Inside the stations of North Korea’s Pyongyang metro
earthnutshell.com

Video: Frontline | Saudi Arabia Uncovered (2016)
pbs.org

They had the remarkable luck to survive AIDS, and the brutal misfortune to live on.
projects.sfchronicle.com

The reason birds lived when the dinosaurs died? Seeds, scientists say
thestar.com

A $10 million nut heist is a window into the shady, lucrative world of large-scale food theft
qz.com